nicky wire's legs
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Yes, if you were to say 'my own self' it would surely be correct? So why would eliminating 'own' make it incorrect?
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Lucifer Sam
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You're actually incorrect...in your haste to make a point (or score a point), you failed to notice that the poster had referred to himself initially, thus making himself (I) the 'subject'. The only grammatical error made was in using 'IRRC' (sic) instead of IIRC, so suspect a typing error, which should have been obvious to the reader. Therefore, the writer can correctly place 'myself' at the end of his statement.
The general rule is, you should only use “myself” if you’ve already used “I” in the sentence, therefore making yourself the subject...which the poster had, albeit in the abbreviated (& erroneous) form 'IRRC' (sic).
Now back to school with you, Pike, and preferably one that teaches English!
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Lucifer Sam
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Just to make this even more pedantic: isn't the subject of the sentence "the A-Z project"? "IIRC," I think, is a prepositional aside.
TheSmiths_1985
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You're correct. If he had said, "I had to finish the A-Z myself" that would be correct. But "the a-z had to be finished by myself" is just incorrect.
TheSmiths_1985
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No. You're wrong.
Lucifer Sam
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I still don't think it's incorrect, though. It's just unconventional. Grammatically it works, whether it's "my monkey" or "myself." The thing completing the action belongs to FWD.
TheSmiths_1985
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Why not just say 'me', then? That was my original point - myself and me are not interchangeable.
The Queen of Batons
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When I trained to be a voluntary support worker in adult literacy and numeracy there was an idea that if words were used in a way whereby others could understand the meaning, then it was at some level correct! We use words to communicate and so if someone understands the message then job done. And the same was said on a proof reading and copy editing course. Hence the dropping of apostrophes in the names of well known shops. Just saying. Can't decide, personally.
Lucifer Sam
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In this instance, they are interchangeable. They both work with no grammatical error. If a stylistic preference becomes the standard, that's fine, but ultimately it's still just a stylistic preference.
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Subject pronoun.
nicky wire's legs
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It'd established: Fwd rules, 1985 drools!
Lucifer Sam
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But the verb tense doesn't agree. The sentence structure and verb tense makes "the A-Z project" the subject. If FWD was the subject, then it would be, "I completed the A-Z project by myself."
"IIRC" is just a conditional. It doesn't make him the subject. If his memory is faulty, it could mean that the project was not completed, or someone else completed it, or someone helped him.
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No one is forcing you to read it, Carlislebaz. Or, I don't know, maybe they are. Is rifke over there, and are you in your gimp suit?
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nicky wire's legs
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I've decided that suffer is my new catchphrase. Im trading 'die screaming' in for it. Its so much more chilly and unfinished.
